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Sustainable Nutrition

How can we meet demand for food within environmental limits while protecting and restoring the environment?

This is one of the biggest challenges for the global food system this century. Demand is expected to grow significantly with the global population on course for over 9 billion by 2050. At the same time, increasing incomes are leading in a shift in diets towards meat, with a higher environmental footprint. Then there’s pressure on resources such as land and water, the impacts of climate change, and the need to value ecosystems, and recognise our dependence upon them. Protein is also critical for human health. It provides essential amino acids and a range of important micro-nutrients. Yet there are vast inequalities in protein intake in the world.

One of our major areas of work in Sustainable Nutrition is The Protein Challenge 2040 - a consortium of organisations convened by Forum for the Future, and including the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), Ahold-Delhaize, Evonik, Firmenich, Hersheys, Quorn, Target, Volac and Waitrose. This is the first time that the animal, plant and novel protein industries are working together on a global level to explore how we balance supply and demand of protein for a growing population, in a way which is affordable, healthy and good for the environment. Join us!

How can we meet demand for food within environmental limits while protecting and restoring the environment?

This is one of the biggest challenges for the global food system this century. Demand is expected to grow significantly with the global population on course for over 9 billion by 2050. At the same time, increasing incomes are leading in a shift in diets towards meat, with a higher environmental footprint. Then there’s pressure on resources such as land and water, the impacts of climate change, and the need to value ecosystems, and recognise our dependence upon them. Protein is also critical for human health. It provides essential amino acids and a range of important micro-nutrients. Yet there are vast inequalities in protein intake in the world.

One of our major areas of work in Sustainable Nutrition is The Protein Challenge 2040 - a consortium of organisations convened by Forum for the Future, and including the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), Ahold-Delhaize, Evonik, Firmenich, Hersheys, Quorn, Target, Volac and Waitrose. This is the first time that the animal, plant and novel protein industries are working together on a global level to explore how we balance supply and demand of protein for a growing population, in a way which is affordable, healthy and good for the environment. Join us!

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